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Reasons NOT to use JSFHuh. If you can't handle JSF, what will you use? JSF is the lightweight, easy way to do things on the web (which is why I use it... I don't have time to learn all the stuff to do it the other ways mentioned!). As far as the output stuff, the only complaint I ever hear is about the use of tables. And in that regard the new thinking is that they're just fine. The old school way was to avoid tables at all costs, due to the way they were abused, but time has reversed that "best practice".

Apr3

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Is Groovy going away?I've run across a local shop using Groovy now! However, I've still yet to meet anyone that uses Grails.

Mar8

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Extreme Programming Daily CommitsI'm always amazed that there are people that don't commit multiple times per day. Making small changes and merging repeatedly is the best way to avoid horrible debugging sessions in the future.

Mar7

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Is memory management in programming becoming an irrelevant concern?I disagree with Jeff O. Mobile device capability is exploding so fast that I expect we'll very soon end up in the same boat as PCs (with having RAM and processing to spare). That's a good thing. Higher level development makes it faster & easier to knock out useful apps, but at the cost of RAM and processing.

Is Groovy going away?Looking around, nobody I know uses Groovy these days and there aren't any Groovy job listings being advertised in my area. So, sure doesn't look good for it. I'm sure it's in use, but it's not a mainstream technology around here.

Jan16

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Developing on a production serverSometimes it's a requirement. Such as shops that license expensive software and don't have the budget for a second copy just for dev work.

Test driven vs Business requirements constant changingI just thought that was normal. When (which is only part of the time) I do TDD I find that I spend way more time writing tests than production code since the conditions keep changing. Doesn't mean it's not useful. Just means you get to write a lot more tests...

Nov29

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C Language - K&R 1st vs 2nd Edition?I loved the first edition of K&R, but it went into recycling a long while ago when I realized it was of no practical use in the world with the second edition (and ANSI C) being the standard. At this point, I don't recall if I even have my second edition book anymore... The compilers I used had so many proprietary extensions that the reference for the exact compiler was all I ever used in practice...

Monitor screen size and programming ease2 monitors of the 1900ish to 1000ish range are a realistic minimum. However, the maximum is very similar. Same resolution, but 3 of them. More monitors than that (or higher resolutions) and I start misplacing windows and start wasting time trying to find things!